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National Health Care Reformers Should Pay Attention to Lawsuit Alleging that Nation's Largest Insurer Routinely Denies Liver Transplants
Date:10/7/2009
ry. According to the lawsuit documents, Blue Cross denied the procedure without speaking with any of Nehme's doctors or reviewing all of Nehme's medical files. A Blue Cross transplant nurse recommended that Blue Cross cover the Indiana transplant before insurance company denied the claim.
Read today's LA Times story about Ehpram Nehme here: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-transplant7-2009oct07,0,6616912.story.
Leading health care legislation pending in Congress would require all Americans to have health insurance, but does not provide additional legal accountability over the industry or limit what insurance companies can charge for coverage. The House version of the bill does provide a Medicare-style public alternative to private insurance, however the bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee last week does not.
Read Consumer Watchdog's letter to Congress demanding new legal accountability of the health insurance industry: http://www.ConsumerWatchdog.org/resources/PatientsBillofRightsHouseSenate.pdf.
Consumer Watchdog is a nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer advocacy organization with offices in Washington, D.C. and Santa Monica, CA. Find us online at: http://www.ConsumerWatchdog.org.
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